African-American Studies Collections

CD-ROM Resources in Campus Libraries

Black Literature, 1827-1940.  Davis Library (Info Commons, E-Ref CD-ROM 10-49)

A CD-ROM index to the microfiche collection Black Literature, 1827-1940 (Davis Microforms, Fiche 1-3162). The microfiche collection will reproduce over 150,000 discrete pieces of fiction, poetry, book reviews and literary notices appearing in approximately 900 black periodicals and newspapers, 1827-1940. The beginning date coincides with the initial publication of Freedom's Journal, the first black periodical.

Black Studies.  Davis Library (Info Commons, E-Ref CD-ROM Serial 10-103)

International index to African American, African, and African Diaspora studies. Includes citations to books, journal articles, microforms, films, sound recordings, and manuscript collections. The database is based, in part, on the holdings of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Also included are periodical citations from Index to Black Periodicals, 1989-present.

Microsoft Encarta Africana.  Davis Library (Info Commons, E-Ref CD-ROM 10-176)

This is a multimedia reference work by Microsoft on the history and culture of Africa and people of African descent. It contains over 3,000 articles, nearly as many photos, audio clips, video clips, and maps. In addition it offers 800 weblinks and 200 sidebars plus an impressive search engine. It includes a timeline with historical events associated with the dispersion of African people into the Americas, plus a separate music timeline tracing the history of African-American music with lengthy audio examples, and special chronologies for the civil rights movements.